1986 Château Canon

Community Tasting Notes (56) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  2/25/2024 - pavel_p Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Revisiting an old friend... Almost 3 years after my last bottle, this was again a super showing and the wine is still in its peak drinking window for my taste. Slow ox'ed for about 2h. This delivers all one hopes for in a mature Bordeaux, beautifully balanced and aromatic with cigar box, leather and still some dark fruit. 80s Canon are great, whether its 85, 86 or 89 (yet to try the 82).

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  1/28/2024 - Padawine Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Dégusté durant 2 jours, il ne s'est pas fatigué du tout. Bel équilibre, séduisant, un beau fruit rouge qui lui donne encore un air de jeunesse, mais le petit tabac fait remarquer que c'est un vin à maturité.
  Je l'ai trouvé superbe, je m'attendais à moins vu le millésime.

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  10/5/2023 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 93 Points

  Tim Bday lunch at GW-IT. Tasted blind. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
  Guessed correctly as Right Bank Bordeaux but thought it was 10 years younger than 1986.
  Appearance deep intensity, garnet colour. Some fine sediments. Legs.
  Nose is clean, medium+ intensiy, with aromas of black cherries, dark red plums, dark tertiary earth, hint of violets, bit of graphite. Developed.
  On the palate, dry, medium+ acidity, medium- alcohol (12.5%), soft fully integrated tannins, barely full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of deep dark red plums, dark red cherries, black cherries, dark tertiary earth, integrated cedar oak. Long finish with savoury soy sauce.
  Very good quality. Aged Right Bank Bodeaux drinking at peak already. Enjoy.

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  6/29/2023 - Zitan Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Not tired but likely won’t be as good in 5 years (my last bottle so I’ll never know) - cork soaked more than half - didn’t smell musty on open, so only 45 min decant - not profound, but poetic for sure - mellow, layered , mid weight, lots of 2ndary flavors - a right bank beauty

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  12/12/2021 - SteelerFan wrote: 92 Points

  After so many years of deep sleep, the 86 vintage is consistently open and drinking well. The cork fumbled upon opening but the wine showed very well. Improved after decant for an hour. Nice balance of blue fruit, cigar box, anise and bramble. Medium body. Really great for a mid-priced 35 year old wine!

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